Joshua Lee Rodgers, candidate for Robinson, IL Mayor

While the race is over, and Joshua Rodgers lost, he'd like to extend his appreciation to all those who voted for him!

NOTE: Since the race is over now, this site will return to the original format for his writings and other things within the month. A number of the political things may remain, and will be made available as an archive virtually indefinitely -- just not on the main page.

Something kind of new he'd like to get going (it would end up being self-sustaining): community gardens. Simple really, city allocates X amount of space, and they rent out the space in plots (ex:10x10) per year/growing season.

• wants everyone's opinions to be heard and taken into account (no matter who they know or how much money they have)
• wants what the people want done, to be done, even if the elected person would prefer something else
• wants people to be able to call, write, e-mail or show up in person to town meetings -- and have their comments read, acknowledged and considered before decisions are made (and be personally told of the decision)
• wants all elected officials to be accountable for everything they do for the town
• wants every meeting to be recorded and provided online for people do download (or possibly listen to live)
• wants transcripts of all meetings to be provided for anyone needing them, and have a sign-language person available for meetings (or live video) if requested
• wants all forms that are available to the public to be available online for download, and in a standard format (PDF)
• wants to bring in good paying jobs that don't involve assembly line, hard labor, or special outfits to do
• wants to let people ride bicycles in town and actually have places to park them while shopping
• wants to have flat sidewalks beside every road, so people can go from point A to point B by sidewalk if walking, jogging, wearing heels, in a wheelchair, or even blind and not have problems
• wants to make the Robinson and the other towns in the county to act as one on some things, to help better the life of residents in all towns
• has ideas to bring in tourism that could bring in thousands of people more each year